Julie Buckles

Education

B.A., History, University of Wisconsin-Madison

M.F.A., Creative Writing, Antioch University, Los Angeles

Profile

In high school, long before I had any notions of a life spent writing, I penned a letter to the editor criticizing their lack of coverage of an exceptional local athlete. They published it and I was taken by the power of the pen. Later, living and working in Washington D.C., I again wrote a letter but this time to the Washington Post on the topic of Dan Quayle and Murphy Brown. I became a reporter, writing for the Milwaukee Journal (as a stringer), the Christian Science Monitor (freelance), the Ashland Daily Press and the Bayfield County Journal. I love everything about non-fiction writing: the variety of stories, the tight deadlines, the intensive research, and interviews with people I never would have met. Then there's the struggle to get it right every time. My first book, "Paddling to Winter," about my 1,700-mile canoe journey from Lake Superior to Wollaston Lake, was published by Raven Productions in September of 2013. For more information visit juliebuckles.com.